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Elacqua, Gregory; Martínez, Matías; Santos, Humberto; Urbina, Daniela – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2016
This research analyzes the impact of the Adjusted Voucher Law´s school rankings on low-performing schools in Santiago, Chile, and provides evidence on the effects of the pressures of accountability systems on teacher policies and practices. The empirical strategy is based on the fact that schools are ranked according to their position on a set of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Vouchers, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Alfaro, Moises; Jones, Don; Holland, Glenda; Mundy, Marie-Anne – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2012
Recent national and state standards of accountability have focused on increasing student performance and achievement as well as teacher quality. Included in this challenge is the issue of teacher compensation and how it has evolved with the efforts of providing quality instruction in order to improve the performance of students. Texas has…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Incentive Grants, State Policy, Policy Analysis